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Definition of Photoelectric emission
1. Noun. The release or absorption of quanta above a certain energy level.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Photoelectric Emission
Literary usage of Photoelectric emission
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Emission of Electricity from Hot Bodies by Owen Willans Richardson (1921)
"Subject, more or less, to these reservations an idea of the magnitude of the
auto-photoelectric emission from, let us say, platinum may be obtained as ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"Will this photoelectric emission caused by the whole spectrum of the hot body
vary as the temperature of the incandescent body is raised in the way which is ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"Complete photoelectric emission. OW RICHARDSON. Univ. London. Phil. Mag. 31,
149-55(1916).—This term is used to signify the emission of electrons by a body ..."
4. The Electron Theory of Matter by Owen Willans Richardson (1914)
"We may therefore assume the photoelectric emission to be proportional either to
the density of the aetherial radiation present or to its rate of emission or ..."
5. Photo-electricity: The Liberation of Electrons by Light, with Chapters on by Herbert Stanley Allen (1913)
"On the other hand, phosphorescence implies complete separation—that is, photoelectric
emission. The duration of fluorescence is practically identical with ..."
6. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1922)
"In fact, except for the initial disturbance described above, red light was found
to have no effect on the photoelectric emission, whether alone or mixed ..."
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